Persistence and Spacetime

Zusatztext a great source of insights into the relation among science, common sense and philosophy ... Balashov has set the agenda of the persistence debate. Informationen zum Autor Yuri Balashov is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia, US. His current interests are in analytic ontology and philosophy of time. He has published extensively in major philosophy journals, such as Noûs, Philosophical Studies, American Philosophical Quarterly, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Quarterly, The Monist, and British Journal for the Philosophy of Science and is a co-editor of Einstein Studies in Russia (Birkhäuser, 2002) and Philosophy of Science: Contemporary Readings (Routledge, 2002). Klappentext How do material objects persist through time and survive change? Are they three-dimensional entities extended in space, but not in time, or are they four-dimensional spacetime "worms"? Yuri Balashov shows how Einstein's theory of relativity supports four-dimensionalism, and in so doing illuminates a wide range of metaphysical issues. Zusammenfassung How do material objects persist through time and survive change? Are they three-dimensional entities extended in space, but not in time, or are they four-dimensional spacetime "worms"? Yuri Balashov shows how Einstein's theory of relativity supports four-dimensionalism, and in so doing illuminates a wide range of metaphysical issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Background and Assumptions 2: Persistence, Location and Multilocation in Spacetime 3: Classical and Relativistic Spacetime 4: Persisting Objects in Classical Spacetime 5: Persisting Objects in Minkowski Spacetime 6: Coexistence in Spacetime 7: Strange Coexistence? 8: Shapes and Other Arrangements in Minkowski Spacetime References

Product details

• Authors: Yuri Balashov, Yuri (University of Georgia) Balashov, Balashov Yuri
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2010
• EAN: 9780199579921
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957992-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Logik, Wissenschaftsphilosophie und -theorie, Metaphysik und Ontologie, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Analytic, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: logic, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Analytical philosophy and Logical Positivism